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Subtractive colour mixing with bile pigments creates the rich wing palette of Graphium weiskei butterflies

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Doekele G. Stavenga
Journal: Journal of Experimental Biology
J Exp Biol (2023) 226 (10): jeb245221.
https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.245221
Published: 26 May 2023
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The wing scales of the mother-of-pearl butterfly, Protogoniomorpha parhassus , are thin film reflectors causing strong iridescence and polarization

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Doekele G. Stavenga
Journal: Journal of Experimental Biology
J Exp Biol (2021) 224 (15): jeb242983.
https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.242983
Published: 6 August 2021
View articletitled, The wing scales of the mother-of-pearl butterfly, Protogoniomorpha parhassus , are thin film reflectors causing strong iridescence and polarization
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Magnificent magpie colours by feathers with layers of hollow melanosomes

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Doekele G. Stavenga, Hein L. Leertouwer, Bodo D. Wilts
Journal: Journal of Experimental Biology
J Exp Biol (2018) 221 (4): jeb174656.
https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.174656
Published: 28 February 2018
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Coloration principles of nymphaline butterflies – thin films, melanin, ommochromes and wing scale stacking

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Doekele G. Stavenga, Hein L. Leertouwer, Bodo D. Wilts
Journal: Journal of Experimental Biology
J Exp Biol (2014) 217 (12): 2171–2180.
https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.098673
Published: 15 June 2014
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Spectral tuning of Amazon parrot feather coloration by psittacofulvin pigments and spongy structures

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Jan Tinbergen, Bodo D. Wilts, Doekele G. Stavenga
Journal: Journal of Experimental Biology
J Exp Biol (2013) 216 (23): 4358–4364.
https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.091561
Published: 1 December 2013
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A cute and highly contrast-sensitive superposition eye – the diurnal owlfly Libelloides macaronius

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Gregor Belušič, Primož Pirih, Doekele G. Stavenga
Journal: Journal of Experimental Biology
J Exp Biol (2013) 216 (11): 2081–2088.
https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.084194
Published: 1 June 2013
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Sex-specific retinal pigmentation results in sexually dimorphic long-wavelength-sensitive photoreceptors in the eastern pale clouded yellow butterfly, Colias erate

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Yuri Ogawa, Michiyo Kinoshita, Doekele G. Stavenga, Kentaro Arikawa
Journal: Journal of Experimental Biology
J Exp Biol (2013) 216 (10): 1916–1923.
https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.083485
Published: 15 May 2013
View articletitled, Sex-specific retinal pigmentation results in sexually dimorphic long-wavelength-sensitive photoreceptors in the eastern pale clouded yellow butterfly, Colias erate
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Papiliochrome II pigment reduces the angle dependency of structural wing colouration in nireus group papilionids

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Bodo D. Wilts, Tomasz M. Trzeciak, Peter Vukusic, Doekele G. Stavenga
Journal: Journal of Experimental Biology
J Exp Biol (2012) 215 (5): 796–805.
https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.060103
Published: 1 March 2012
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Glass scales on the wing of the swordtail butterfly Graphium sarpedon act as thin film polarizing reflectors

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Doekele G. Stavenga, Atsuko Matsushita, Kentaro Arikawa, Hein L. Leertouwer, Bodo D. Wilts
Journal: Journal of Experimental Biology
J Exp Biol (2012) 215 (4): 657–662.
https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.066902
Published: 15 February 2012
View articletitled, Glass scales on the wing of the swordtail butterfly Graphium sarpedon act as thin film polarizing reflectors
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Kingfisher feathers – colouration by pigments, spongy nanostructures and thin films

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Doekele G. Stavenga, Jan Tinbergen, Hein L. Leertouwer, Bodo D. Wilts
Journal: Journal of Experimental Biology
J Exp Biol (2011) 214 (23): 3960–3967.
https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.062620
Published: 1 December 2011
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Butterfly wing colors: glass scales of Graphium sarpedon cause polarized iridescence and enhance blue/green pigment coloration of the wing membrane

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Doekele G. Stavenga, Marco A. Giraldo, Hein L. Leertouwer
Journal: Journal of Experimental Biology
J Exp Biol (2010) 213 (10): 1731–1739.
https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.041434
Published: 15 May 2010
View articletitled, Butterfly wing colors: glass scales of Graphium sarpedon cause polarized iridescence and enhance blue/green pigment coloration of the wing membrane
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Rhabdom constriction enhances filtering by the red screening pigment in the eye of the Eastern Pale Clouded yellow butterfly, Colias erate (Pieridae)

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Kentaro Arikawa, Primoz Pirih, Doekele G. Stavenga
Journal: Journal of Experimental Biology
J Exp Biol (2009) 212 (13): 2057–2064.
https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.030692
Published: 1 July 2009
View articletitled, Rhabdom constriction enhances filtering by the red screening pigment in the eye of the Eastern Pale Clouded yellow butterfly, Colias erate (Pieridae)
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Absence of eye shine and tapetum in the heterogeneous eye of Anthocharis butterflies (Pieridae)

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Shin-ya Takemura, Doekele G. Stavenga, Kentaro Arikawa
Journal: Journal of Experimental Biology
J Exp Biol (2007) 210 (17): 3075–3081.
https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.002725
Published: 1 September 2007
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A unique visual pigment expressed in green, red and deep-red receptors in the eye of the small white butterfly, Pieris rapae crucivora

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Motohiro Wakakuwa, Doekele G. Stavenga, Masumi Kurasawa, Kentaro Arikawa
Journal: Journal of Experimental Biology
J Exp Biol (2004) 207 (16): 2803–2810.
https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.01078
Published: 15 July 2004
View articletitled, A unique visual pigment expressed in green, red and deep-red receptors in the eye of the small white butterfly, Pieris rapae crucivora
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Visual acuity of fly photoreceptors in natural conditions - dependence on UV sensitizing pigment and light-controlling pupil

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Doekele G. Stavenga
Journal: Journal of Experimental Biology
J Exp Biol (2004) 207 (10): 1703–1713.
https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.00949
Published: 15 April 2004
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Reflections on colourful ommatidia of butterfly eyes

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Doekele G. Stavenga
Journal: Journal of Experimental Biology
J Exp Biol (2002) 205 (8): 1077–1085.
https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.205.8.1077
Published: 15 April 2002
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Random Array of Colour Filters in the Eyes of Butterflies

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Kentaro Arikawa, Doekele G. Stavenga
Journal: Journal of Experimental Biology
J Exp Biol (1997) 200 (19): 2501–2506.
https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.200.19.2501
Published: 1 October 1997
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